"But you don’t have to thank me. What’s the point of thanks between us? If you truly want to thank me, why not set me free? I’ll thank your ancestors for eight generations." The Fox Spirit looked at Zhang Chen with eyes full of sincerity.
"Ahem~"
Zhang Chen suddenly had a fit of coughing, his eyes caught by Fox Fairy Nannan’s sincere gaze, leaving him speechless.
At this moment, Zhang Chen did think of something. Chengyu had already reached Huajin at the age of five, doesn’t that suggest her realm is very high? Has her Mental Realm even reached the Sitting and Forgetting realm?
Zhang Chen shared his thoughts with Fox Fairy Nannan, whose pupils shrank upon hearing: "Are you sure she’s really only five?"
Zhang Chen nodded affirmatively: "Only five."
"That can’t be! While it’s said that a child’s heart is as pure as an infant, achieving Sitting and Forgetting is impossible. If infants could reach Sitting and Forgetting so easily, wouldn’t experts be everywhere since babies are born every moment worldwide? Moreover, realms like Sitting and Forgetting or Forget Form, although they can aid in speeding up Cultivating Immortality, also require one’s own relentless day and night practice. Theoretical understanding is one thing, putting it into practice is another. Your little senior sister is not simple."
Fox Fairy Nannan’s voice was full of seriousness.
"Could she be a reincarnation of some old monster?" Zhang Chen tentatively asked.
Fox Fairy Nannan hesitated slightly, then shook her head: "An infant’s body cannot bear the soul weight of a Possession realm expert. If it really started possession inside the womb, it wouldn’t awaken so early. Those reincarnated don’t differ from ordinary people before awakening. Your senior sister piques my curiosity; I’ll go with you tomorrow to check if we can uncover some clues."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen didn’t argue, but instructed the Fox Spirit: "I’m hungry, go find something for me to eat."
For a month, Zhang Chen dared not summon the Fox Spirit because he hadn’t figured out the Daoist Temple’s details. Summoning the Fox Spirit today signaled the end to his days of starvation.
The Fox Spirit rolled her eyes but had no choice but to leave. Shortly, she returned with a large bowl of bones, appearing in the room.
Seeing the large bones brought by the Fox Spirit, Zhang Chen couldn’t help but twitch his mouth: "Did you steal from the kitchen?"
The Fox Spirit returned so quickly, and with carefully cut large bones; he couldn’t imagine where else food could be found so swiftly except the kitchen.
Fox Fairy Nannan’s face showed a hint of annoyance: "What do you mean by ’steal’? That word is too harsh. We clearly saw that they couldn’t consume it, and in this sweltering weather, wouldn’t it spoil if left unused? We are kindly helping them. Even if we don’t ask for compensation, they should thank us if they knew."
The Fox Spirit exclaimed, full of pride, not realizing any wrongdoing.
In Zhang Chen’s room, there was a pot. The Fox Spirit directly started cooking the meat, and Zhang Chen watched her busy figure, suddenly recalling a saying from his past life:
"People always resent mice for stealing human food, resent sparrows for eating rice in fields, but in their eyes, they just want to fill their stomachs. In their perception, there’s no concept of stealing!"
Looking at the Fox Spirit, Zhang Chen’s eyes revealed contemplation. Perhaps in her worldview, there’s no concept of stealing either?
Seeing Fox Fairy Nannan intending to use the Huangting Scripture to kindle a fire, Zhang Chen hurriedly seized it: "This must not be burned!"
"It’s just a tattered book, full of Ghost Runes; you can’t even read it, better to burn it for cooking." Fox Fairy Nannan grumbled.
Holding the crumpled book, Zhang Chen suddenly thought of something and turned to the Fox Spirit: "Have you heard of Yellow Heaven Dao’s ’Huangting Scripture’?"
"Heard of it." Fox Fairy Nannan replied.
Before Zhang Chen could ask, Fox Fairy Nannan was already talking about the Huangting Scripture’s origin while tending the fire: "The Huangting Scripture is just a bunch of superstitious nonsense."
"How so?"
Zhang Chen, holding the Huangting Scripture, watched the girl’s graceful curves as she worked, struggling with ’temptation’ in his mind, constantly reminding himself, this is a skill, don’t have any thoughts, absolutely no thoughts.
"Now the Fox Spirit’s Essence and I are one; Sun Skill is self-sabotage! Sun Skill is self-sabotage!" Zhang Chen, watching the Fox Spirit’s raised behind, kept calming himself down.
"You know, the current Secret Technique exploration in the Spiritual World was actually unearthed from ancient tombs." The Fox Spirit explained.
Zhang Chen nodded, he knew well, the Heaven Square Earth Circle Diagram he cultivates was dug up from the True Dragon Tomb.
"In fact, the Secret Scriptures unearthed from large tombs, after deciphering, are divided into two parts."
The Fox Spirit said: "Those elders extracted the Divine Soul System’s cultivation Technique from the texts, seamless from meditation to Yang God. The rest involves mysterious potions and Qi Cultivation Technique, claiming to gather the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, the Essence of Sun and Moon. Advancing Martial Fire, Withdrawal Rune, fooling the disciples through concoction, misleading and deceiving the public."
"The true cultivation Technique is in spiritual cultivation; Qi cultivation technique is but misleading nonsense, intended by ancients to hide within such absurd words. They said ’Qi Cultivation swallowing the Essence of Sun and Moon’ purely to misguide outsiders, if anyone were to follow it exactly, they would indeed refine themselves to death." The Fox Spirit nonchalantly remarked while tending the fire.